redhat enterprise-linux CVE-2026-86566 vulnerability in Red Hat Products
Published on October 14, 2026

Dpdk: dpdk: guest with runt rx descriptors underflows copy length in vhost enqueue (split and packed rings)
A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost. A guest with runt RX descriptors can underflow the copy length in vhost enqueue, causing a denial of service in a shared vhost backend such as OVS-DPDK.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-86566 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 36 days later.

Weakness Type

What is an Integer underflow Vulnerability?

The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result. This can happen in signed and unsigned cases.

CVE-2026-86566 has been classified to as an Integer underflow vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-86566

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
 
Red Hat Openshift
 
Red Hat Openstack
 

Affected Versions

Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 10: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 10: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 10: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens):